Polányi

 ( Hungarian Noble Families ) 

Polányi, Polanyi is a surname. There have been a number of prominent individuals in the Polanyi family, illustrated in the following family tree:

• Adolf Pollacsek (1820–1871) ⚭ (married to) Zsófia Schlesinger
• Mihály Pollacsek (March 21, 1848, Dluha (Dlhá nad Oravou) – January 10, 1905, Budapest), prominent member of the bourgeoisie involved in railroads
  ⚭ (1881 in Warsaw) Cecília Wohl (, ; 1862, Vilnius – 1939, Budapest), daughter of Lithuanian Rabbi Alex Wohl, held a literary salon in Budapest

• Laura Polanyi, later Striker (1882–1957), ⚭ Sándor Striker
• Eva Zeisel, American industrial designer
• Adolf Polányi
• Karl Polanyi (, 1886, Vienna – 1964, Pickering, Ontario), a Hungarian-Canadian political economist and author of The Great Transformation
  ⚭ Ilona Duczyńska
• Kari Polanyi Levitt (born 1923, Vienna), the Emerita Professor of Economics at McGill University
• Sophia (Zsófia) Polányi
• Michael Polanyi (; 1891, Budapest – 1976, Manchester), Hungarian chemist, philosopher of science, economist
  ⚭ Magda Elizabeth Polanyi
• John Charles Polanyi (; born 1929, Berlin), Canadian Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
• Paul (Pál) Polányi
• Lujza Pollacsek
• Ervin Szabó (1877–1918) About Ervin Szabó
• Vilma Pollacsek
• Irma Seidler, early love of György Lukács
• Ernő Seidler, founding member of the Communist Party of Hungary

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Other The name is also referenced in:

• Michael Polanyi Center (MPC), Baylor University
• Eyring equation
• Bell–Evans–Polanyi principle

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See also

• Polany (disambiguation)
• Poľany
• Polány
• Magyarpolány

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